Why does MCPS give the same weighting to Honors and AP classes?

[Anonymous]

Honors classes are weighted inbetween on-level and AP courses in most districts

[Anonymous]

I think McPS central office was supposed to be reviewing which classes had honors designations as part of the new grading policy but if anything came of it, I never saw it

[Anonymous]

Because MCPS is incompetent.

[Anonymous]

High GPAs = Happy Parents

[Anonymous]

More grade inflation to look MCPS students look good.

[Anonymous]

Equity

[Anonymous]

All of the above.

[Anonymous]

Same reason MCPS reclassified on-level English and Health classes as Honors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:High GPAs = Happy Parents

This. The whole issue with grade inflation throughout MCPS comes directly from the parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:High GPAs = Happy Parents

This. The whole issue with grade inflation throughout MCPS comes directly from the parents.

That is unfair and not true.

It comes from inept and poor leadership within MCPS primarily. And also, a system that sometimes covers up and protects bad teachers from the consequences of poor instruction.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:High GPAs = Happy Parents

This. The whole issue with grade inflation throughout MCPS comes directly from the parents.

What happens when MCPS-Larlo is a student in college? Do they make it at their grade deflated college?

[Anonymous]

https://i.imgur.com/m8myQ6h.png

That's why many colleges now reinstated the requirements for SAT/ACT scores now. Every HSchooler can get a 3.5+ GPA.

[Anonymous]

Does it actually matter at the end of the day how MCPS weights the classes? Colleges admissions would treat Honors Biology/English vs AP Biology/English differently regardless, right?

Maybe we shouldn't weight any classes, so the max anyone's GPA can be is 4.0 -- taking advanced classes still has the benefit of boosting your profile for colleges.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does it actually matter at the end of the day how MCPS weights the classes? Colleges admissions would treat Honors Biology/English vs AP Biology/English differently regardless, right?

Maybe we shouldn't weight any classes, so the max anyone's GPA can be is 4.0 -- taking advanced classes still has the benefit of boosting your profile for colleges.

Yes, they will recalculate the GPA according to their own standard formula.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Same reason MCPS reclassified on-level English and Health classes as Honors.

I graduated from MCPS 30 years ago and Honors and AP classes were already weighted the same back then. The difference is that Honors meant something then, while now on-level English, biology and Health are classified as honors.